The grease is still warm in the new Discovery documentary, “Hot Grease,” airing at 9 p.m. today. The documentary, directed and produced by Sam Wainwright Douglas, Paul Lovelace and Jessica Wolfson, looks at how a substance that used to end up in landfills or polluting waterways may hold the future of the nation’s depleting fossil-based energy resources. It’s “Hot Grease” today, but if inventors and some pols have their way, it’ll be biodiesel tomorrow.

The second season of “Better Things” wraps at 10 p.m. on FX. I don’t know: How do I find something to laugh at with both “Better Things” and “You’re the Worst” wrapping for the season?

The 16th season of “Project Runway” leaves the catwalk at 9 p.m. on Lifetime.

Jeff Ross, the roastmaster general, is in the spotlight from the U.S.-Mexico order in the Comedy Central special, “Jeff Ross Roasts the Border: Live From Brownsville, Texas,” at 10 p.m.

The first season of “Eleven” wraps at 10 p.m. on A&E.

FRIDAY, NOV. 17

Netflix is flexing — or should that be “flixing?” — a lot of streaming muscle today, beginning with the complete first season of “Marvel’s The Punisher,” and the sixth and last season of “Longmire,” which began life on A&E before moving to Netflix. The series is based on the mystery novels of Craig Johnson.

Also from Netflix: the third season of “Cirque du Soleil: Luna Petunia.” “Jim & Andy — The Great Beyond, Featuring a Very Special Contractually Obligated Mention of Tony Clifton,” directed by Chris Smith, focuses on Jim Carrey’s portrayal of the late comic genius Andy Kaufman. Also on Netflix, the film “Mudbound,” set in the South after World War II, with Carey Mulligan and Mary J. Blige.

But wait, there’s more: “A Christmas Prince,” the first season of “A Shot in the Dark,” the third season of “Spirit: Riding Free,” and the first season of “Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters.”

Showtime’s “Active Shooter: America Under Fire” ends its season with a look back at the Columbine massacre at 8 p.m.

Showtime follows with the special “Tim & Faith: Soul2Soul,” on country singers Faith Hill and Tim McGraw, at 9 p.m.

SATURDAY, NOV. 18

Jon Stewart hosts “Night of Too Many Stars,” live at 5 p.m. on HBO, to raise funds for children with autism. The list of stars includes Stephen Colbert, Abbi Jacobson, Jordan Klepper, Hasan Minhaj, John Mulaney, Olivia Munn, John Oliver, Adam Sandler and others.

“Bean” premieres today at 10 a.m. on Fuse.TV and the Fuse TV app, and then makes its broadcast debut at 10 p.m. on Fuse. The documentary follows a young woman named Lori whose new girlfriend, Alana, has been on the transplant list for years, needing a new kidney. But she hasn’t found a compatible donor until — you guessed it — Lori turns out to be a perfect match. The documentary follows the couple through their shared emotional and medical journey.

Lifetime airs the made-for-TV film “I Am Elizabeth Smart” at 8 p.m. Alana Bolden plays the girl who was kidnapped from her home at the age of 14, and Skeet Ulrich plays Brian David Mitchell, the religious fanatic who kidnapped her.

The Clutter family murders were the subject of TrumanCapote’s 1966 nonfiction novel “In Cold Blood” and the subsequent film directed by Richard Brooks, starring Robert Blake. Now the murders are the subject of a four-hour documentary, “Cold Blooded: The Clutter Family Murders,” whose first two parts air on Sundance TV at 9 p.m. The final two hours air on Sunday, Nov. 19.

BritBox offers the film “Churchill’s Darkest Hour” focusing on the former prime minister’s experiences during World War I. For information on BritBox programming, go to www.britbox.com.